Islamabad: United States Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday said that Pakistan must fight militant groups that threaten Indian, Afghans and U.S. interests. John Kerry is on a visit to Pakistan. He also voiced sympathy for the victims of the Peshawar army school attack on December 16, 2014.
Mr. Kerry said all extremists groups should be targeted equally.
John Kerry here in Islamabad said, “Terror groups like the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban, the Haqqani network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and other groups, continue to pose a threat to Pakistan, to its neighbours, and to the United States, and we all of us have a responsibility to ensure that these groups do not gain a foothold but rather are pushed back into the recesses of (Pakistan’s) memory.”
“This task is obviously far from finished.”
He also said that he is very much concerned about the recent violence on the border between Pakistan and India and called on the neighbors to find a diplomatic solution.
He said, “We continue to be deeply concerned by the recent spate of increased violence along the working boundary and the Line of Control.”
He also said that it is profoundly in the interests of Pakistan and India to move this relationship forward.
Bureau Report
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